Benfica visits the Stade Louis II for the second time this season, as they face Monaco in the first part of their Champions League play-off on Wednesday night.
Wilfried Singo’s dismissal before the time mark played a crucial role in Benfica’s eventual victory during the league phase, even if Monaco advanced 2-1, while until ten men. Arthur Cabral and Zeki Amdouni won the last minutes of the contest to steal the three points for the visitors.
The two parties endured the campaigns of the mixed league phase as a whole, and the two ended with 13 points before they combined one another with a place in the 16 at stake round.
Monaco begins to suffer nationally after a promising start to the season and simply remains hoping to qualify for this competition next season, while Benfica is four points behind the sports CP in his search. to recover the title of the Primeira Liga.
Here is 90 minutes Wednesday guide Champions league Play-off first stage.
Monaco vs Benfica H2H Results (all games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Monach |
Benfician |
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PSG 4-1 Monaco – 02/02/25 |
Benfic 3-2 Moreirense – 08/08/25 |
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Monaco 4-2 Auxerre – 01/02/25 |
Star Amadora 2-3 Benfica – 02/02/25 |
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Inter 3-0 Monaco – 29/01/25 |
Juventus 0-2 Benfica – 29/01/25 |
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Monaco 3-2 Rennes – 25/01/25 |
House Pia 3-1 Benfica – 25/01/25 |
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Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa – 01/21/25 |
Benfica 4-5 Barcelona – 01/21/25 |
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Field |
TV Channel/Stream Live |
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UK |
Discovery+, Discovery+ App, TNT Sports 4 |
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United States |
Paramount+ |
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Canada |
Dazn Canada |
The hosts will not be without impressive young midfielder Lamine Camara on Wednesday, so Soungoutou Magassa, who scored his first senior goal against Benfica in the league phase, could be included in the XI of Hutter.
Monaco’s head has a lot of concerns in defense, with the Christian Mawissa suspended after seeing Red against Inter. Singo and Jordan Teze are doubts about injury.
Mika Bieret has arrived on the pitch since joining Sturm Graz in winter, and is in contact with his first start of the Champions League to his new club. It is unlikely that Falain Balogun and George Ilenikhena presented.
Monaco predicted VS Benfica Line (4-2-3-1): Majecki; Vanderson, Kehrer, Salisu, Henry; Zakaria, Magassa; Akliouche, Golovin, Ben Sechir; Biereth.
Angel di Maria is a concern that goes to the first leg of Wednesday after Benfica’s victory is lost at the weekend. However, the veteran wing only deals with a minor blow and is expected to be available. Arthur Cabral should also be involved, but it is unlikely that the striker will make the XI start, given the form of Vangelis Pavlidis.
Alexander Bah and Manu Silva suffered a long -term knee injuries against Diense, so they will be out of action in the coming months.
Renato Sanches is unlikely to have a thigh injury.
Benfica predicted the line vs monaco (4-3-3): Trubin; Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Fernandez; Luis, Aurst, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlid, Schjelderup
Although these two parts met in November, we should not read too much the Benfica victory 3-2, which was finally possible for Singo sending.
Monaco is loaded with talent and may be wonderful to see, but the big stage has been shown too bright for the side of Adi Hutter on several occasions from this term. The weekend were stepped on by a hot PSG.
However, they should be joy against a Benfician dress affected by injuries that he has suffered defensively last month. The impact of Bruno Lage’s arrival begins to fade, but they could take advantage of Monaco’s inexperience to snatch a tie that would leave them as a favorites to progress.
